On the night of March 5, 1770, an event occurred in Boston that was known as the Boston Massacre. The colonists had gathered outside of the Custom house in Boston to protest British policies. As the colonists pressed closer to the soldiers guarding the Custom house, the soldiers became nervous. The colonists were throwing snowballs at the soldiers and were yelling insults at them. Suddenly, shots were fired, and five colonists were killed. While this...
On the night of March 5, 1770, an event occurred in Boston that was known as the Boston Massacre. The colonists had gathered outside of the Custom house in Boston to protest British policies. As the colonists pressed closer to the soldiers guarding the Custom house, the soldiers became nervous. The colonists were throwing snowballs at the soldiers and were yelling insults at them. Suddenly, shots were fired, and five colonists were killed. While this event really doesn’t qualify as a massacre, the colonists propagandized this event and made it sound much worse by calling it the Boston Massacre.
This was a significant event. For the first time in the dispute with Great Britain, colonists were killed while protesting British actions and policies. For some colonists, this was a turning point in our relationship with Great Britain. Some colonists began to believe that independence from Great Britain was the only solution. After the Boston massacre occurred, the British Parliament ended all of the Townshend Acts taxes except for the tax on tea. The colonists also reorganized the committees of correspondence. As time passed, more events occurred that led the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain. The Boston Massacre was an important step in moving in that direction.
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